automating a context menu?

[morkk]

howdy

I couldn't find existing any clues in the forums so here's my question:

I want to right-click on an item in a SysTreeView to bring up the context menu and then select the first item in the menu. I have tried to use ControlClick - while I can send a left-click to select the tree-item in question I cannot seem to pop its menu on a right-click.

Here's my code:

$vic = wingethandle("C:")
controlfocus($vic, "", "SysTreeView321")
winactivate($vic)
; this works - selects tree-item
controlclick($vic, "", "SysTreeView321", "left", 1, 36, 9)
; this doesn't seem to do anything
controlclick($vic, "", "SysTreeView321", "right", 1, 36, 9)

Using the MouseClick function I get the desired effect but that relies on absolute positioning of the parent window. What would be best is if I could search for the required item's text, get the coords and then click - is that possible?

cheers

mark

[martin]

howdy

I couldn't find existing any clues in the forums so here's my question:

I want to right-click on an item in a SysTreeView to bring up the context menu and then select the first item in the menu. I have tried to use ControlClick - while I can send a left-click to select the tree-item in question I cannot seem to pop its menu on a right-click.

Here's my code:

$vic = wingethandle("C:")
controlfocus($vic, "", "SysTreeView321")
winactivate($vic)
; this works - selects tree-item
controlclick($vic, "", "SysTreeView321", "left", 1, 36, 9)
; this doesn't seem to do anything
controlclick($vic, "", "SysTreeView321", "right", 1, 36, 9)

Using the MouseClick function I get the desired effect but that relies on absolute positioning of the parent window. What would be best is if I could search for the required item's text, get the coords and then click - is that possible?

cheers

mark

Maybe try

controlclick($vic, "", "[CLASS:SysTreeView321; INSTANCE:1]", "right")

[curtisk]

I had to use a click count of 2 in the ControlClick call in order to get the context menu to appear.

[zfisherdrums]

Hello morkk,

Here's an example of clicking on the first context-menu item using Calculator as the application.

Run( "Calc.exe" )
WinWaitActive( "Calculator" )

; show 'What's This?' context menu over '2'
$controlPos = ControlGetPos( "[ACTIVE]", "", "[TEXT:2]" )
ControlFocus( "[ACTIVE]", "", "[TEXT:2]" )
ControlClick( "[ACTIVE]", "", "[TEXT:2]", "Right" )

; click on the first item in the context menu
WinWait( "[CLASS:#32768]" )
$winPos = WinGetPos( "[CLASS:#32768]" )
MouseClick( "Left", $winPos[0] + ( $winPos[2] /2 ), $winPos[1] + 10 )

Zach...

[curtisk]

Hello morkk,

Here's an example of clicking on the first context-menu item using Calculator as the application.

Run( "Calc.exe" )
WinWaitActive( "Calculator" )

; show 'What's This?' context menu over '2'
$controlPos = ControlGetPos( "[ACTIVE]", "", "[TEXT:2]" )
ControlFocus( "[ACTIVE]", "", "[TEXT:2]" )
ControlClick( "[ACTIVE]", "", "[TEXT:2]", "Right" )

; click on the first item in the context menu
WinWait( "[CLASS:#32768]" )
$winPos = WinGetPos( "[CLASS:#32768]" )
MouseClick( "Left", $winPos[0] + ( $winPos[2] /2 ), $winPos[1] + 10 )

Zach...

Thanks for the example, zfisherdrums. I see that you are using MouseClick with screen coordinates. Is there any way to get at the actual contents of the context menu? I used _WinAPI_EnumWindowsPopup to get the menu handle, but subsequent calls to _GUICtrlMenu_GetItemCount and _GUICtrlMenu_GetMenuHeight return values I don't expect (-1 and 0). Am I missing something, or do the _GUICtrlMenu functions not work with context menus?

I know that Auto3Lib had functions that automated context menus... is there a way to do that with the latest AutoIt?

[zfisherdrums]

I looked at exact same API functions before settling on the bulky Mouse Move option. I was unsuccessful as you were at obtaining the menu contents using the current WinAPI include.

That is not to say it isn't possible - I believe it is. It just requires someone with more experience/knowledge/ingenuity than I have for today.

Zach...